The data linked doesn’t indicate that was the primary reason, there is a small dip in GDP per capita (-10%?) for India/China but it was basically flat. Looks l

The data linked doesn’t indicate that was the primary reason, there is a small dip in GDP per capita (-10%?) for India/China but it was basically flat. Looks like before industrialization the richest countries were only moderately better off. Once it began to take off that gap became enormous.